FrSIRT - Mandriva Security Update Fixes KDE Desktop "kdelibs" Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Mandriva Security Update Fixes KDE Desktop "kdelibs" Vulnerability

Title : Mandriva Security Update Fixes KDE Desktop "kdelibs" Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-0536
CVE ID : CVE-2005-1046
Rated as : High Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-05-13

Advisory Details

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Technical Description

Mandriva has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in KDE Desktop. The flaw is due to a buffer overflow error in kdelibs, and occurs when handling specially crafted "PCX" images, which may be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands or cause a denial of service. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-0331

ChangeLog

2005-05-13 : Initial release

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